
Average freight rates continue to rise, according to the First Quarter Business Expectations Survey by Transport Capital Partners, with larger carriers reporting smaller increases than the smaller companies
Read More →The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 percent in March after falling a revised 2.7 percent in February. The latest gain put the seasonally adjusted index at 115.4 in March, the highest level since January of this yea
Read More →Transplace announced a university program to launch at the logistics provider's ninth annual Shipper Symposium in Dallas, 10-12
Read More →Nearly three-quarters, 71 percent, of trucking company executives surveyed by GE Capital, Transportation Finance expect business conditions to improve in 2011, but they are concerned about the impact of external and internal factors on their profit margins
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C.R. England, Salt Lake City, announced it is going to start using hair samples for pre-employment drug screening
Read More →National on-highway diesel prices fell last week for the first time in five weeks, according to the Energy Information Administration. The national average decreased by seven-tenths of a cent, with every major region except the Rocky Mountains experiencing a decrease
Read More →Sales of heavy duty commercial vehicles in China reached 1.015 million units in 2010, a 60 percent increase over 2009 volume
Read More →FleetPride, a national independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, opened its new 150,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Lawrenceville, Ga
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Last week, President Obama announced the creation of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, a working group designed to root out illegal speculation oil markets. The announcement came one week after Goldman Sachs estimated that speculation may account for up to one-fifth of oil prices
Read More →Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that contractors engaged in state sponsored work are not required to abide by the requirements of that state's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act regulations
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